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12-year-old who died of brain-eating amoeba at Lake Murray ID'd: How to stay safe
Tyler Bailey, a Columbia attorney, has been hired to conduct an independent investigation into the patient's death.
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Family IDs 12-year-old boy who died from rare amoeba in SC lake
Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from ...
Patient dies from brain-eating amoeba after possible exposure at Lake Murray
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital in Columbia has confirmed that a patient treated at their facility has died from a brain-eating amoeba. According to the South Carolina Department ...
Columbia funeral details announced for 12-year-old Lake Murray amoeba victim
The family of 12-year-old Hand Middle School Student Jaysen Carr announced he died from a brain-eating amoeba infection ...
Hundreds gather to celebrate life of 12-year-old deadly amoeba victim Jaysen Carr
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Saturday, the Midlands community rallied around the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr. Carr was a student at Hand Middle School who died after being infected with an amoeba ...
Death from brain-eating amoeba presumed to have happened at Lake Murray
Prisma Heath Richland Children's Hospital in Columbia confirmed Tuesday that a patient treated at their facility died from ...